My primary identity as a kid was being rejected by American society-because you're from another country, you can't possibly be American-and my parents' identity more as being Chinese, so I saw myself as Chinese... (Helen Zia)

My primary identity as a kid was being rejected by American society-because you're from another country, you can't possibly be American-and my parents' identity more as being Chinese, so I saw myself as Chinese...

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